Incoming Nebank CIO Nikos Angelopoulos Nedbank has appointed Nikos Angelopoulos, formerly MTN Group’s group CIO, to the same role at the bank, which has been without a permanent technology chief since the end of January. Angelopoulos starts on 1 September and joins the group executive committee. He ran technology at MTN from July 2018 until…
The University of Michigan hired outgoing Utah coach Kyle Whittingham to lead the scandal-plagued Wolverines football program Friday, a little more than two weeks after the shocking dismissal and arrest of coach Sherrone Moore. The program announced the hiring decision Friday night and said Whittingham’s five-year contract will run through the 2030 season. Michigan Athletics…
Shoprite Group has developed and deployed a centralised digital recruitment platform that is already changing how South Africa’s largest private employer sources employees. Built in partnership with local technology SME, OTB Group, and supported through Shoprite’s enterprise and supplier development arm, Next Capital, the system matches job applicants to vacancies in stores closest to their…
Gaby Magomola Digital bank Revolut has appointed former African Bank CEO Gaby Magomola as chairman of its South African subsidiary, all while the digital challenger pursues a formal banking licence with local regulators. In a statement on Friday, Revolut said it has submitted its “section 12” application to the Prudential Authority of the Reserve Bank…
Chief executive officer of Google Sundar Pichai. Marek Antoni Iwanczuk | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Google on Friday made the latest a splash in the AI talent wars, announcing an agreement to bring in Varun Mohan, co-founder and CEO of artificial intelligence coding startup Windsurf. As part of the deal, Google will…
